Summarizing Slashdot

$page =~ m{</P><H2>(.*?)</H2>.*?<FONT SIZE="2"><B>(.*?)</B></FONT><BR>\s*(.*?)<P>\s*<script LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT"}ms;
print "$1\n\n"; # title
print "$2\n\n"; # dept
my $story = $3;
$story =~ s/^\s*//;
$story =~ s/\s*$//;
$story =~ s/<[^>]*>//gs;
print "$story\n\n";
while ($page =~ m{\)</FONT>\s*<P>(.*?)</TD>}msg) {
...
$ ./bin/summarize slashdot-article.html | fmt
Classic Gerald Weinberg Essay Reprinted
from the talking-to-fatso dept.
danielread writes "Programmer abuse has been a popular topic recently,
especially within the gaming industry. However, excessive overtime and
overwork are not new problems for software professionals. Twenty years
ago, acclaimed author Gerald Weinberg wrote an essay called 'Personal
Chemistry and the Healthy Body,' which is as relevant for programmers
today as it was two decades ago. Given this topic's recent resurgence,
Mr. Weinberg was generous enough to let developer.* Magazine reprint
this classic essay."
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I read the essay, but I couldn't find the passage where it talks about
how essential caffeine is to programming. I think I'm going to have to
go back and look harder...
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RSS Newsreader screenshots (cont'd)

Mozilla Firefox "Live Bookmarks"

RSS Newsreader screenshots (cont'd)

And Thunderbird

RSS 0.92

"Rich Site Summary"

Netscape and Dave Winer, Userland

<rss version="0.91">
<channel>
<title>XML.com</title>
<link>http://www.xml.com/</link>
<description>XML.com features a rich mix of information and services for the XML community.</description>
<language>en-us</language>
<item>
<title>Normalizing XML, Part 2</title>
<link>http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/04/normalizing.html</link>
<description>In this second and final look at applying relational normalization techniques to W3C XML Schema data modeling, Will Provost discusses when not to normalize, the scope of uniqueness and the fourth and fifth normal forms.</description>
</item>

RSS 2.0

"Really Simple Syndication"

Dave Winer, Scripting News

RSS 0.92 with enhancements

<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<channel>
<title>XML.com</title>
<link>http://www.xml.com/</link>
<description>XML.com features a rich mix of information and services for the XML community.</description>
<language>en-us</language>
<item>
<title>Normalizing XML, Part 2</title>
<link>http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/04/normalizing.html</link>
<description>In this second and final look at applying relational normalization techniques to W3C XML Schema data modeling, Will Provost discusses when not to normalize, the scope of uniqueness and the fourth and fifth normal forms.</description>
<dc:creator>Will Provost</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2002-12-04</dc:date>
</item>